Doesnt shut off at all. What the hell? Anybody have an idea?
There are TWO backlight settings, really. The first dims the screen after a set amount of time (found in Backlight settings), and the other turns off the screen entirely after a set amount of time (found in Power settings).
I, too, have found that the backlight just goes down to a very dim setting, but I haven't found it to have much of an impact on battery life, since I have the device set to sleep after just a minute.
And what about listening to mp3? Is it possible to listen without backlight on?
babicka said:
And what about listening to mp3? Is it possible to listen without backlight on?
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Software solution: Pocket Player for WMppc. You have the option to turn off the display yourself or after a certain amount of time it will turn the display off for you.
NEXT!!!
Clarification
Hey people your responses are still quite confusing. Let's make things finally clear:
SuperRob: So it's there an option to turn it off completely or not?
NeoDMD: Have you tried it on Herald?
Thanks
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I finally got mine so I can answer the above for those, who may be interested.
1. So there is no option to turn the screen completely off and still not to put device tosleep in the settings.
2. Yup, Pocket Player is able to turn off the screen as well as the freeware utility ScreenSwitch.
So so far, everything is great
I know I know..
Holy old thread revival batman!
but I'm having this same issue does anyone have the cab files to make one of these work. The screen being on all the time cuts down my battery life and makes the phone get warm
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HI,
I know that they probably consume some battery time but I was wondering if anyone saw something like this ?
Thanks in advance,
Bright S
Isn't such a programm really useless?
Why not turning of the device?
Stefan
i to am looking for some software like this. I would love my magician to be more like my old sony ericsson mobile in this sense. It would be great to have a screen saver that completely turns of the backlight of the device and just display a very faint image of the time. And also it will display a faint symbol to indicate a missed call or txt message so i can glance at the phone and kno if i have recieved a message without turning of the screen saver. Would also be helpful if the screen saver locked the device so tht none of the buttons work work and the screen doesnt reactivate if a message is displayed.
How much would this affect battery life? as the screen itself is basically still turned off the whole time the only difference is that i would like it so that the device never actually turns off so this faint clock and message warning is ALWAYS on and never turns off.
something like this would be fantastic!
Tom
Why not go to the today screen, switch off the backlight (hold down power switch) and then use a keylock program (many freeware ones around).
That way, you've got you whole today screen as a screensaver.
If the icons are too small, make a phonealarm skin with HUGE icons, font size 50, and you'll be laughing.
A more integrated standalone screensaver would be straightforward to program tho. analog clock, sms/call notification etc, date etc.
V
Pocket Candy was always quite good. Bit old now tho.
welshtom said:
i to am looking for some software like this. I would love my magician to be more like my old sony ericsson mobile in this sense. It would be great to have a screen saver that completely turns of the backlight of the device and just display a very faint image of the time. And also it will display a faint symbol to indicate a missed call or txt message so i can glance at the phone and kno if i have recieved a message without turning of the screen saver. Would also be helpful if the screen saver locked the device so tht none of the buttons work work and the screen doesnt reactivate if a message is displayed.
How much would this affect battery life? as the screen itself is basically still turned off the whole time the only difference is that i would like it so that the device never actually turns off so this faint clock and message warning is ALWAYS on and never turns off.
something like this would be fantastic!
Tom
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Mortsaver (www.sto-helit.de) freeware does this! All you have to do is hit a button and it displays a clock, missed calls/messages and signal strength. After 5 secs of not unlocking it, it locks the phone again and backlight goes off. There are reports of battery drainage, but I use ot for over 5 months now and have no negative experiences with it.
Yes, MortSaver exactly does this. You can also configure it in a way that it turns off the device when activated, so there's no additional battery drain at all. Once you switch on your Magician, it shows the saver with time, battery and message popups. When you're not deactivating it via the assigned hardware button, it turns off the device again.
What I was looking for is a replacement for the simple TPEnable/TPDisable, since it deactivates the hardware buttons as well in new ROM revisions. I prefered that solution over MortSaver since I prefer the today screen as information screen and this solution was faster on deactiviation as well. Does anyone know such a simple tool (only deactivating the touchscreen - nothing else)?
Hi. Is anyone else annoyed by the high illumination of the screen whilst driving, especially at night? Does anyone know if there is a fix out there for it?
Apart from keeping the screen closed..! like to have it open so I can see who is calling, setting it so the screen is at minimum illumination and shuts itself off after a minute whilst on power, but it's still too bright and well the next setting down ain't much help.
Great toy, but it's really starting to annoy me. Any advice, greatly appreciated.
Cheers
You could always wear some sunglasses :lol: or put it in a dark plastic ziplock baggie...hehe
Abdn_Exec_Al said:
Hi. Is anyone else annoyed by the high illumination of the screen whilst driving, especially at night? Does anyone know if there is a fix out there for it?
Apart from keeping the screen closed..! like to have it open so I can see who is calling, setting it so the screen is at minimum illumination and shuts itself off after a minute whilst on power, but it's still too bright and well the next setting down ain't much help.
Great toy, but it's really starting to annoy me. Any advice, greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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sounds like u need:
1. fag lighter charger to prevent shutoff
2. a dark theme to reduce the brightness
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I have the charger. That's fine, what I meant was I had set the settings to dim the screen after a minute (that's the minimum you can select whilst on charge), not that the unit was switching off. Sorry for confusion. My issue is the difference between the two lowest levels of brightness. With one you can see the screen, with the other you can't. What's this dark theme you mentioned? Is it between the two?
What would be great would be a night level similar to what TomTom offer on their gadgets.
Alternately you can use a profile management program such as pocketzenphone or the still under development phonealarm and set a profile for night driving with reduced screen brightness.
Kind Regards
Dear All, There are only 4 settings for display brightness (the first one turns it off), I need a MUCH dimmer setting while working in the dark. Spouse cant sleep with lights on! The lowest setting still strains my eyes. Any tweak?
One word: STOP.
Seriously, if you think you need to be working while you're laying in bed next to your spouse, you might want to take a hard look at your priorities! Trust me, she's not mad that you have a light on, she's probably mad that you'd rather poke at your phone than poke at her...
Put down the phone, and go to sleep, man! If you can't sleep, then go be annoying in another room of your home.
Also, no, I don't believe there's any way to dim the LCD without turning it off.
check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=379270
It's really annoying when you're in someplace and just after you press the record button and suddenly the screen turns full blast bright! People around starts to turn their heads in your direction... Does your ipaq 612/614 pda's spits unwanted light rays in your face as well?
Do you know how to disable this, perhaps a registry tweak we can do?
Thank you so much
i believe my backlight fix (reg fix) will fix that, check the post in the backlight controller thread
thanx keyx,
you never fail to be helpful
Hi keyx,
I think you should try pressing the record button using the memo program.
I'm sure it still turns bright even after you follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4527543&postcount=94
Which line specifically prevents the screen to bright?
TIA
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Hi keyx,
I think you should try pressing the record button using the memo program.
I'm sure it still turns bright even after you follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4527543&postcount=94
Which line specifically prevents the screen to bright?
TIA
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i think the note app is designed to force backlight on while recording (like gps app that keep backlight on)...you may want to look for other app that does not do that or try disable backlight globally...
if you use my rom you can use the voice commander button on the side of the unit to turn screen off, it should keep the app going
I've tried other recording programs, also still forces the backlight to turn on to high gear.
I'm currently using backlight controller to turn it off while recording, but sometimes you just need to leave the screen on.
There is a Hardware bug in the iPaq 600 phones.
This bug causes "static" to be heard in all recordings if the screen goes dim.
HP was aware of it and so sent out a "fix" except they did not fix anything all they did was force full screen brighness for the duration of the recording so that you never encounter the bug.
If you disable the screen brightness via a reg key chances are you will here the static in your recordings.
Btw i have not tested keyx's reg fix
little more info here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481905
thanks branded,
I'd rather have it bright than clicking noise
Great phone but, it appears to be a bug with the screen dimming.
Regarding settings, I have everything turned off. Adapt display is off. Auto-brightness is off. Auto-adjust screen tone is off also.
I know Samsung displays dim if the phone overheats but my phone will auto-dim even if the phone is cool.
What I've found out is that the phone will only dim "permanently" when the screen is about to shut off.
For example: Set the screen shut off to 30 seconds and around the 28 second mark, the screen will dim for a couple of seconds before it shuts off. This is where the auto-dimming will "permanently" kick in. When the screen dims at the 28 second mark for a second, i'll touch the screen so it doesn't shut off. But by this time, the screen has dimmed already and won't go back to the regular brightness. I have to lock and unlock the phone for the dimmed screen to go away.
This scenario has happened every single time. Extremely annoying.
Anyone else experience this?
swy05 said:
Great phone but, it appears to be a bug with the screen dimming.
Regarding settings, I have everything turned off. Adapt display is off. Auto-brightness is off. Auto-adjust screen tone is off also.
I know Samsung displays dim if the phone overheats but my phone will auto-dim even if the phone is cool.
What I've found out is that the phone will only dim "permanently" when the screen is about to shut off.
For example: Set the screen shut off to 30 seconds and around the 28 second mark, the screen will dim for a couple of seconds before it shuts off. This is where the auto-dimming will "permanently" kick in. When the screen dims at the 28 second mark for a second, i'll touch the screen so it doesn't shut off. But by this time, the screen has dimmed already and won't go back to the regular brightness. I have to lock and unlock the phone for the dimmed screen to go away.
This scenario has happened every single time. Extremely annoying.
Anyone else experience this?
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Seems like software problem, do you use custom roms? kernels? maybe any app that could control ur screen? try to do hard reset.
GodXen said:
Seems like software problem, do you use custom roms? kernels? maybe any app that could control ur screen? try to do hard reset.
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Using stock Kit-Kat 4.4.2
No other strange apps. Ughh hate to have to do a hard reset. Just set this thing up yesterday brand new. :crying:
Have the exact same issue but it only happens some times very strange.
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Have the exact same issue but it only happens some times very strange.
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Yes, same here. It happens alot. Not every single time, but alot of the times.
Try this...
Hi
As the other user said it might be the software bug.
Please try this app. Disable your auto brightness and install this software https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite
This lite version is free. Try this. If everything works, you may consider the paid version to support the dev guy...